ML20215B878

Final Response to FOIA Request Re 860825-29 Insp S&W QA Program for Plant for Design Requalification of Piping & Pipe Supports.Forwards Documents Listed in App D.App E Documents Withheld in Entirety (Ref FOIA Exemption 4)

ML20215B878
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	06/12/1987
From:	Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
To:	Bauman L GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
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ML20215B880	List: ML20215B878 ML20215C114
References
FOIA-87-94 NUDOCS 8706170492
Download: ML20215B878 (5)

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.PART 14 CORDS RELEASED OR NOT LOCATED ISee checked bonesi No agency records subject to the request have been located.

No addrtensi agency records subtset to the request have been located, Agency records subsect to the request that are identified in Appendix are already availeNe for public inspection and copying in the NRC Public Document Room.

D17 H Street, N W, Washington, DC.

Agency records subsect to the request that are identified in Appendix b

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are being made avadable for pudic inspo n snd copying in the NRC PuNi: Document Room,1717 H Street, 'tW., Washington. DC, in a folder under this FOIA number and recuester name.

The nonproprietary version of the proposal (s) that you agreed to accept in a teiephone conversaten with a member of my staff is now being made avsRable for public inspection and coying at the NRC Public Document Room,1717 H Street. N.W., Washington, DC,in a folder under this FOIA number and requester name.

Enclosed is information on how you may obtain access to and the charges for copying records placed in the NRC Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC.

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Agtney records subject to the request are enclosed. Any applicable charge for copies of the r cords provided and payment procedures are noted in the comments secten.

Records subject to the request have been referred to another Federal agencybes) for review and direct response to you.

In view of NRC's response to this request, no further action is besng taken on appeal letter dated PART ll. A-lNFORMATION WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE Cartain information in the requested recorda is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to the FOIA exemt. tons described in end for the reasona stated in Part II, sec-X tions B. C, and D Any released portions of the documents for which only part of the record a being withheld are being made available for public inspection end copying in the NRC Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N W., Washington, DC, in a folder under the FOlA number and requester name.

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RIcords subject to the request that are descnbed in the enclosed Appendices are bwng withheld in their entirety or in part under FOIA Enzmptions and int the reasons set forth below pursuant to 5 U.S C. 552(b) and 10 CFR 9 Sta) of NRC Regulat:ons.

1. The wKhheld mformation is pr0perty classified pursuant to Executive Order 12356 (EXEMPTION 1)

2. The withheld mformation relates solely to the intamal personnel rules and procedures of NRL. (EXEMPTION 2)

3. The withheld information is specifcally esempted from public disclosure by statute indicated. (EXEMPTION 31 Section 14bl45 of the Atomic Energy Act which prohibits the declosure of Restricted Data'or Formerly Restrgted Data 142 U.S C,21612165).

Secten 147 of the At9nwc Energy Act which prohstuts the duelosure of Unclassified Safeguards Informaton (42 U.S C. 2t67).

4. The withheid inferrnation is a trade secret or commercial or financial mformation that a bemg withheld for the reason (s) indicated: (EXEMPTION 41 The informatior: is considered to be confidential busmess tproprieta y) information, 3

The information is cortsidered to be proprietary information pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(dH1).

The mformation was submitted and received m confidence from a foreign source pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(dH2).

6. The withheld'information conssats of interagency or intraagency records that are not available through decovery during litigation. Declosure of predecutonal informahon would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of adcas essential to the deliberative process. Where records are withheld in their entirety, the facts are inextricably j intertwmed with the DredeCisional information, There also are no reasonably segregable factual portions because the release of the facts would permat an

'i andwect mquiry into the predecmional process of the agency. (EXEMPTION 5) 6 The withheld informahon is turnoted from public disclosure because its disclosure would result in a clearly unwarranted mvesion of personal privacy. (EXEMPTION 61 7, The withheld information ccmists of investigatory records c'ompiled for law enforcement purposes and is bemg w:thheld for the reason (s) indicated. (EXEMPTION 71 t.)mclosure would imerfere with an enforcement proceedmg because it could reveal the scope, directon. and focus of enforcement efforts. and thus could y

possibly allow them to take action to ynield potential wrongdoing or a violation of NRC requirements from investigators. (EXEMPTION 7(AI) d' Disclosure would constitute an vtwenanted mvasion of personal privacy (EXEMPTION 7tCl) y.Q 4

The information comants of names of Individuals and other information the disclosure of which would reveal 6dentities of conhdental sources. (EXEMPTION 7(Dli PART ll C-DENYING OFFICIALS Pursuant to 10 CFR 9.9 and/or 9 i$ td the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commmason regulatiore, it has been determined that the information withheld is exempt from producten or disclosure.

and that its production or disclosure a contrary M the public interest, The persons responsible for the denial are those officials identified below as denying Mficiais and the Director.

Diyteon of Rules arsf Reords. Office of Administranon, for any densats that may oe appealed to the Executive Director for Operatensigpol

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PART 11 D-APPEAL RIGHTS The denial by each denying officialidentifed in Part ll.C may be appealed to the Appellate Officialidentified in that section. Any such appeal swst be in wrivng and must be made within 30 days of receipt of this response. Appeals must be addressed as appropriate to the Executive Director for Opewns or to th3 Secretary of the Comrnission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and should clearly state on the envelope and in the letter ttrt it is an " Appeal from an initial FOtA Decision."

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04/25/86 TUGC0 Project Procedure CPPP-1 Mdn'agement Plan for Project. Quality (9'piges) t 2.

Uncated Project Procedure CPPP-6 Rev. 2 (5 pages)

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RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE POR UNDER THE AB0VE REQUEST NUMBER NUMBER DATE DESCRIPTION 1.

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06/23/82 Stone & Webster Engineering Assurance Procec.,re EAP 2.4 Exemption 4 4

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04/02/84 Stone & Webster Engineering As',urance Procecure EAP 4.1 Exemption 4 (19 pages) j 3.

10/15/82 Stone & Webster Engineering Assurance Procedure EAP 4.15 Exemption 4 (37 pages) 4.

08/27/86 TUGC0 Project Procedure CPPP-2 Project Organization Exemption 4 Charts (11 pages)

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C.

552, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) requests copies of any and all agency records and information, including but not limited to notes, letters, memoranda, drafts, minutes, diaries, logs, calanders, tapes, transcripts, summaries, interview reports, procedures, instructions, engineering analyses, drawings, files, graphs; charts, maps, photographs,

- cgreements, handwritten notes, studies, data sheets, notebooks, books, telephone messages, computations, voice recordings, computer runoffs, any other data compilations, interim and/or final reports, status reports, and any and all other records relevant to and/or generated in connection with the inspection conducted by Mr.

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McIntnyre of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on August 25-29, 1986 of the office of Stone &

Webster Engineering Corporation, New York, New York, to review the implementation of Stone & Webster's Quality Assurance (QA) program concerning activities relating to the Design Requalification of piping and pipe supports of Comanche Peak Units 1 and 2, and to the discussions of the NRC's findings with Mr. Carl Watters and members of Stone & Webster at the conclusion of the inspection.

This request includes all agency records as defined in 10 C.F.R. 9.3a (b) and the NRC Manual, Appendix 0211, Parts 1.A.2 and A.3 (approved October 8, 1980) whether they currently exist in the NRC "offical working", investigative or other files, or at any other location, including private residences.

If any records, as defined in 10 C.F.R. 9. 3N' (81, and the ' NRC Manual, supra, and covered by this request have been destroyed and/or removed after this request, please provide all surrounding records, including but not limited to a list of all records which have been or are destroyed and/or removed, a description of the action (s) taken relevant to, generated in connection with, and/or issued in order to implement the action (s).

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GAP requests that fees be waived, because

" finding the information~can be. considered as primarily benefiting the general public," 5 U.S.C.

522-(a) (4) (a).

GAP is a non orofit, non-partisan public interest organization concerned with honest and open government.

Through public' outreach, the Project promotes whistleblowers as agents of government accountability.

Through it Enviromental Whistleblower Clinic, GAP offers assistance to local public interest and citizens groups and intervenors in the concern for safety at nuclear power plants.

i We~are requesting this information as part of an ongoing monitoring project of the NRC's efforts to protect public health and safety at and near nuclear processing plants and radioactive waste facilities.

For any documents or portions that you deny due to a specific FOIA exemption, please provide an index itemizing and describing the documents or portions of documents withheld.

The index should provide a detailed justification of your grounds for claiming each-exemption, explaining why each exemtion is relevant to the document or portion of the document withheldc This index is required under Vaughn v.

Rosen.(I), 484 F2d 820 (D.C. Cir. 197.3), cert. denied, 415 U.S.

977 (1974).

We look forward to your response to this request within ten (10) working days.

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Linda Bauman FOIA Coordinator Midwest Office Responses to this request should be mailed to :

Government Accountability Project Midwest Office

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3424 Marcos Lane Appleton, Wisconsin 54911

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